Quote by William Lashner Download Open image ““The campus was Disney-fascist, a relentlessly upbeat place to wither and die.”” — William Lashner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“School's okay. I mean, it's the usual oppressive regime of fascist dogma. But I'm surviving.” — Lili Wilkinson Copy Share Image
“I'd decided the campus was just a place to hide. There were some campus freaks who stayed on forever. The whole college scene was… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“After the murderous attacks on September 11th, I had an overwhelming need to know what people hated most about America so we arranged to… — Scott Haas Copy Share Image
“One afternoon I orchestrated a walkout, and maybe twenty of us took the subway up to Times Square, which was still the Pit of… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
“Students are intense people, they laugh and cry, they break down and rebuild.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
College campuses have become fascist colonies of anti-American hate speech, hypersensitivity, speech codes, banded words and prohibited scientific inquiry. — Ann Coulter Copy Share
“F*ck Disneyland. Because all in all ACRO was the happiest damned place on earth.” — Sydney Croft Copy Share Image
“Is this what school was like in the United States? It was like theater.” — Cristina Henriquez Copy Share Image
“The campus is an oasis, settled in an otherwise nondescript town in rural America. A place where the grain elevator and the railroad grew… — Fritz Nordengren Copy Share Image
“The campus response was now swift and punitive and overwhelming. The days of peaceful sit-ins had ended, even though two buildings were more-or-less peacefully… — Norman S. Giddan Copy Share Image
“We were, all of us, prisoners of our character, unable to alter our true inner natures. When we said we had changed, what had… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
I try to write stories that are thrilling and full of mystery and funny all at the same time, stories that raise moral questions… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
“Unlike the rest of you, I cheerfully admit to my own utter selfishness. I am self-made, self-absorbed, self-serving, self-referential, even self-deprecating, in a charming sort of way. In short, I am all the selfs except selfless. Yet every so often I run across a force of nature that shakes my sublime self-centeredness to its very roots. Something that tears through… — William Lashner Copy Share
“It’s all part of the bartender’s creed: make them fresh, make them cold, but most of all, if they’re a little overeager, make them… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
“That was part of the job, to pretend to listen, to feign concern. There are three professions who play at that game; barkeeps are… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
“I received some really bad news. I’m not okay.” A bolt of terror slashed through me. She had some sort of disease, I could tell. She had cancer. I was sure of it. I had a vision of Carol Kingsly in her hospital bed, her limbs withered, her head shaved, looking up at me with sunken eyes. Gad. Looking up… — William Lashner Copy Share
“There I sat, in the wreckage of my apartment, in the wreckage of my life – no love, no prospects, a gnawing sense of… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
“Class divisions as clear as those between Harrington and myself always bring out my best, or at least my most petty.” — William Lashner Copy Share Image
“It was still quiet at the bar, early afternoon, before the happy-hour crowd arrived with their after-work bonhomie, and even as the barkeep kept himself busy wiping bottles and slicing limes, he had no choice but to nod and listen. He liked it busy at the bar, he liked it when the crowd was three deep and the calls for… — William Lashner Copy Share
“I expect to lose. I always do. And life seems eager to exceed my expectations.” — William Lashner Copy Share Image
